RT  - Signa Vitae
ID  - 10.22514/SV142.112018.13 
T1  - Psoas abscess as the first manifestation of Crohn’s disease – case report
A1  - HARRY NIKOLIĆ
A1  - ANA BOSAK VERŠIĆ
A1  - IVICA ĆEPIĆ
A1  - DAMIR HASANDIĆ
A1  - SUZANA SRŠEN MEDANČIĆ
A1  - DAMIR MILETIC
A1  - TOMISLAV TADIN
A1  - MLADEN PERŠIĆ
K1  - child
K1  - Crohn’s disease
K1  - psoas ab-scess
YR  - 2018
SP  - 78
AB  - <p>A case of 16-year-old female with second-ary psoas abscess as the complication of the Crohn’s disease was analysed. Her pre-hos-pital, long lasting, non-specific symptoms led to ultrasound (US) and radiologic im-aging confirming the diagnosis. The anti-biotic treatment was insufficient and wors-ening of the patient’s condition required surgical treatment including descendent colectomy, abscess drainage and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). In spite of numerous complications the condition of the child gradually improved and she was discharged from the hospital on the 71st postoperative day. Two years after the colectomy, the occlusion of her colostomy was performed.</p>